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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine
Also known as:
Calmette-Guérin vaccine
BCG vaccine
Associated persons:
Léon Charles Albert Calmette
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin
Description:
A form of tuberculosis vaccine. B.C.G. was first produced in 1906 and subcultured for 13 years. It was first used as a prophylactic against tuberculosis in children in 1921.
Bibliography:
- L. C. A. Calmette, C. Guérin, Benjamin Weill-Hallé (1875-1958), A. Bouquet, L. Nègre, Wilbert, Marcel Léger (1878-1934) and Turpin:
Essai d'immunisation contre l'infection tuberculeuse.
Bulletin de l'Académie de médecine, Paris, 1924, 3sér., 91: 787-796.
Revue de la tuberculose, Paris, 1924, 5: 481-491.
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